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Sheldon Lavin is a visionary who has reshaped the food manufacturing industry. Sheldon has a background in finance. However, he has spent his career as the leader of OSI Group, which is a front-runner in its industry. It has lasted for over 100 years. Sheldon was presented with the opportunity to work with OSI Group in the 1950’s and eventually took over as its CEO and Chairman. He has pushed the company to the highest possible levels and believes that consistent growth is the foundation of the OSI mission.

Sheldon Lavin was initially brought in to the food manufacturing industry as a consultant between two organizations. A local Chicago area food supplier named Otto and Sons had recently secured an exclusive contract with the McDonald’s Corporation. The new contract with McDonald’s would bring a great deal of responsibility to Otto and Sons, which had been a family-run organization up to that point. They would need to build a new meat processing plant in order to accommodate the huge demands of McDonald’s.

Sheldon Lavin worked closely with both organizations and developed great relationships with them. In time, executives at McDonald’s requested that Lavin be involved with the business dealings full-time. He agreed and came on as a partner with Otto and Sons. He remained throughout the years until the original founders began to retire. Lavin took over as leader of the company. At this point it became known as OSI Group.

Sheldon Lavin pushed OSI Group into the international playing field immediately after taking over. The company spread throughout the Pacific Rim and Central America. There are also business dealings that has expanded OSI’s presence throughout the European region and Australia.

OSI has maintained its consistent growth throughout the years by making key acquisitions that has diversified its business model. This allows the company to create opportunities for its employees, which attracts the best talent. It also provides interesting options for clients who are requesting the company’s services.

OSI was ranked by Forbes as the 58th largest privately owned company in the world. Sheldon Lavin has received many awards and accolades for his role in bringing the organization to the international stage.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has to be one of the worst figures in American history. The racist sheriff ran the Sheriff’s Department in Maricopa County, Arizona. The county has Arizona’s largest population and the city of Phoenix lies within its borders. This gave Sheriff Joe plenty of people to torment.

The “Tough on Crime” Sheriff has been quoted as saying that his Maricopa County jail was a concentration camp. It earned the nickname “Tent City” due to the use of tents and one of the hottest places in America.

That’s when the sheriff decided to enforce his own racist views. He instructed his Sheriff’s Department to pull over anybody who looked to be an “illegal immigrant.” Of course, his Sheriff’s Department began to profile Latinos. His law enforcement officers arrested a record number of Latinos even if they were American citizens.

As a young man, Peter Briger graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree from Princetown University. After some time, he thought that he had the time and resources to further his education. He decided to join the University of Pennsylvania. From here, Peter graduated with a Masters in Finance. He was now fit for work. The first job Peter landed was at a financial institution called Goldman Sachs. Mr. Briger worked for this financial institution for 15 years.

While at Goldman Sachs, Peter was able to build an in-depth understanding of investment especially on real estate and credit financing. These are areas, which Mr. Briger majored for many years. He also had a chance to sit on various financial meetings. They gave him a chance to learn many things that he probably didn’t learn when at school. Although fifteen years may look many to others, it was a short time for Peter. Finally, after ascending in several ranks, Peter Briger left Goldman Sachs. By the time he left GS, Peter had become a partner. He could later join a different investment firm.

Joins Fortress Investment Group

After leaving Goldman Sachs, Peter Briger spent a few years doing his own business. But he did not spend a lot of time before he joined Fortress Investment Group. This financial investment firm is home to some 1, 750 individuals and organizations who have placed their wealth in form of assets, money and other valuables worth $43.6 billion under the care of Fortress Investment Group. Peter is one of Fortress Investment Group’s three principals. He is even the co-chairman and presides over several committees and subsidiaries.

His role at Fortress Investment Group is instrumental. “To guard wealth worth billions of dollars belonging to hundreds of people from all walks of life requires proper oversight,” Peter says. Indeed, at Fortress Investment Group, the principals are trying hard to ensure clients’ assets are safe. Although he has a lot under his care, Peter Briger does many other things that benefit others not necessarily at FIG. he is one of the board members of the Caliber Schools. Peter is also sitting on a board belonging to Tipping Point, an NGO that empowers low-income families in San Francisco.

Over the course of his lifetime business executive Sheldon Lavin has seen a number of achievements. After graduating from college he entered the world of finance. A business in his area, Otto & Sons, was one of just four suppliers of beef to the restaurant chain McDonald’s. They needed to build another plant in Chicago which would be solely used to supply beef to McDonald’s and needed Sheldon Lavin’s services to find the right lending partner.Sheldon Lavin came through and the plant was built. The owners of Otto & Sons were very impressed by him and asked him to join their company as a partner and its senior executive. Otto had long since passed away and his sons, nearing retirement age, wanted to leave the company in good hands.

During the transition to this new leadership, they renamed the company OSI Group and this was the company that Sheldon Lavin took over. He says that from the beginning he saw that OSI Group was full of potential and possibilities. He started making overseas investments which led to his company becoming an international concern. Today his company has subsidiaries and partnerships in many countries around the world such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Germany, The Netherlands, and India. It operates a highly efficient global supply chain that offers a huge economy of scale to those companies it works with.

From the start Sheldon Lavin wanted OSI Group to be a company that was environmentally friendly and operate a sustainable business model. He makes sure his leadership team stays current on new technologies that will limit the impact of his company’s activities on the environment. An example of this is at his company’s Spanish facility which recently completed a €17 million renovation. The main reason for this renovation was to double the production of chicken but Sheldon Lavin went well beyond that. The new facility uses 20% less electricity consumption. Another improvement was adding a heat recovery process which drives energy efficiency even higher as waste heat is used to power equipment. Because of his commitment to sustainability the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund supplied money to this project.

Milan Kordestani is in his first year at Colorado College. Just in his first year of college, Milan is already an enterprising entrepreneur who founded Milan Farms as a young high school sophomore. Also in high school, Milan Kordestani published six articles for the Huffington Post covering agriculture, mental health, and politics. Milan has also founded his record label, Gunn Records.

Milan is also affluent in the languages of Spanish, French, English, Farsi, and Persian. Milan while at Sacred Heart started the Sacred Heart Stock Exchange. This exchange gives students the ability to buy, and sell stocks as if they were buying and selling in the real world. Also, while at Sacred Heart, he started the Dean’s Ambassador Group, a group giving students a platform their needs and issues to the school administration.

Millan graduated from Sacred Heart Preparatory in 2017. Milan is a noted equestrian, winning many awards, including ranking in third place at the Worlds Championship Horse Show, among other honors.

Milan Farms

Young Milan started Milan Farms in his sophomore year of high school. Beginning his journey into the farming business in 2015, he began raising poultry and started the production of pure saffron. Since launching his farms in 2015, the farms produce saffron, organic eggs, and milk. Using a natural approach, Milan Farms endeavors to provide their customers with full transparency on how their products are being farmed and raised.

Since the farm’s beginnings in 2015, Milan farms has expanded to three significant farms. These farms produce and distribute organic eggs, and saffron all around the world.

Milan Kordestani has accomplished his original goal of creating a connection to all farmers here in the United States. In 2018, in less than three years Milan has built a national distribution network for his organic eggs and saffron.

Summary

Milan Kordestani is an energetic young man he has accomplished more by his first year in college than most professional will complete in a lifetime. His dream of Milan Farms as a young teenager is now a full-fledged reality. Started eagerly at the young age of 16, Milan has made his farms into a worldwide operation.

Organo Gold has refined coffee and personal wellness products that complement the lives of very busy individuals. Today’s rich coffee culture in the U.S. has its roots in Greenwich Village in the 1960s but quickly spread throughout the rest of the country. Today it is very common to see Starbucks and various independent brewers just about everywhere. What Organo Gold does is distribute to independent distributors and directly to consumers. Watch this video on Youtube.

To this end, they offer a full line of coffee beverages and single serve brews. In addition, they also distribute various other kinds of flavored beverages, teas, organic products for body management, and personal care products. Its most treasured product is the Gourmet Organic King of Coffee, the only instant coffee to have Ganoderma Lucidum Spore Powder.

Organo has so many different kinds of coffee-related products because they know that the U.S. is full of coffee aficionados who insist on a wide range of options as far as beans, add-ons, milk, creams, and coffee flavorings. If you are interested in becoming a distributor for Oregano Gold or just buying their products for your own enjoyment, you can connect with them on Twitter. You can also visit them at shopog.com. Organo Gold has given much access to international coffees from Brazil, Costa Rica, Columbia, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Mexico, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, and Saudi Arabia.

Organo Gold was first founded in 2008 with the goal of bringing the very best that the world had to offer to consumers. To get your adventure started with OG, contact them today. Visit Orguniversity.com to know more.

Wesley Robert Edens, also known as Wes, or Wes Edens, is an American who was born in the year 1961 in New York. Wes Edens is the co-founder of Fortress Investment Group LLC, alongside other four principals. The firm was founded in the year 1998. He serves as his company’s private equity chief investment officer and invests in several industries such as financial services, real estate, healthcare, infrastructure, and transportation. He is also the company’s co-chief executive officer, co-chairman, head of private equity, president of private equity, principal, and private equity chief investment officer. Edens is the founder and owner of a number of other companies that include Brightline Train, the team FlyQuest, and recently, he alongside another billionaire purchased the Aston Villa soccer team. Wes Edens has made his career a big success due to the choice of courses he undertook in school which were finance and business administration at Oregon State University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Business Administration in 1984.

Fortress Investment Group

Fortress Investment Group LLC is a leading diversified global investment company with approximately forty billion dollars of assets as of March 2018. During this time, Fortress had 932 asset management employees, including 205 investment professions in their affiliate offices around the globe. Fortress expertise expands to pricing, owning, financing, and overseeing the management of physical and financial assets.

Wes Eden’s Brightline Train

Wes Eden brought the Brightline train to life in May 2018, a commuter train that transports passengers from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, South Florida. The train trip takes only 30 minutes, unlike driving which takes 45 minutes. The train is designed by Rockwell Group and has the passenger’s comfort in mind. Passengers get to enjoy features such as leather seats, food service, and Wi-Fi. The train operates 365 days a year with adjusted schedules for holidays. According to Wes Edens, his vision for Brightline extends beyond the state of Florida. This rail system is co-managed by Fortress investment Group.

Wes Eden and Aston Villa

Wes Eden, alongside Egypt’s wealthiest person, Nassef Sawiris, reached an agreement to buy a majority stake by injecting significant investment capital into Aston Villa football club. This transpired when Aston Villa nearly missed rejoining the premier league. Wes Edens believes that this investment will strengthen the club and ensure that it returns to its rightful place in the upper ranks of the English Premier League. Bucks Wes Edens’ ‘take-home pay’ is $54M: New York Times

Christopher Emmanuel aka Chappy Callanta is a well known health coach for Herbalife Nutrition in the Philippines. He shares some of his best fitness tips to stay healthy and fit. Chappy is a member of the FAB. Which stands for Herbalife’s “Fitness Advisory Board”. Chappy is knowledgeable about fitness, as he has a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Science from the University of the Philippines. Also, he is an internationally certified strength and conditioning specialist.

One of Chappy’s recommendations, if you are short on time and want to get a quick workout in, is to do at least one move in the main five categories of exercise. Which would include:

Squat

Hinge

Push

Pull

Carry

He finds it useful to incorporate them in a mini session, including a pair of dumbbells or kettlebells. To make sure you cover all the categories try using these exercises:

Swings

Goblet Squats

Push-ups/ Shoulder press

Low rows

Farmer’s walk

Chappy enjoys working out in outdoor parks with a great view. He also shares some of the best places he likes to exercise. One is a beautiful park in the Netherlands with a track that encircles the lake. The Sunken Garden and Academic Oval located in the University of the Philippines. Chappy also enjoys the parks and running tracks in the Bonifacio Global City. He shares that he likes to travel to new cities. Some favorites were Venice Beach in Southern California and Paris.

He was also asked the question “What is in your gym bag”, Chappy responded with the following: Sports towel, reusable water bottle, Herbalife Nutrition Shaker with Herbalife24 rebuild strength protein, clean clothes and a book. When asked what is your favorite playlist to workout to, Chappy said that he enjoyed listening to the “Head Full of Dreams Tour” on Spotify.

Herbalife Nutrition, founded by Mark Hughes in 1980, is a global corporation that manufacture, market and sell health products. Such as nutrition supplements, personal care products, weight management and sports nutrition. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, operating in 95 countries and has over 3 million independent distributors.

Herbalife Nutrition prides themselves on helping the world to become more healthier and happier. They are dedicated to providing solutions to the problems of poor nutrition, obesity, an aging population and high healthcare costs. They try to resolve this problem by offering high-quality products that are backed by science.

Guilherme Paulus is a Brazilian businessman who is a co-founder and chairman of the board of directors for CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens S.A. He established this tour operations company in 1972 when he was just 24-years-old. He started this company along with a business partner who was a Brazilian politician but that partner left in 1976. Guilherme Paulus has led this company into becoming the biggest tour operator in Latin America.

His company was privately held for many years but he held an initial public offering about six years ago. Eight years ago the private equity firm Carlyle Group had purchased just over 63% of Guilherme Paulus’ company for about $420 million. It was in 2005 that he founded his second company, GJP Hotels and Resorts. He now owns more than 15 resorts and hotels located along the coast of Brazil. He is also seeking to build additional hotels near airports in that nation in order to capture the dollars of tourists and business travelers who fly to that nation.

Guilherme Paulus established CVC’s headquarters in the city of Sao Paulo. His company now has annual revenues of R $5.2 billion and he has been opening about 100 storefronts each year. He has storefronts in over 400 malls across the country and also places them inside of commercial galleries. He used to only open stores in cities with populations larger than 60,000 people but lately he has gone against this norm and is opening them in smaller towns.

In 2017 Guilherme Paulus was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the services category. He was interviewed by TV Dinheiro’s FOREIGN CURRENCY program for his thoughts on winning this prestigious award. When they were getting ready for the interview some of the people taping it were talking about going on vacation soon. True to form Guilherme Paulus handed them all his business cards and said that he would personally appoint some his staff to get them set up on vacation packages. During the interview itself he said that he hasn’t retired yet at age 68 because he really enjoys what he does for a living.

Whitney Wolfe Herd is an Austin, Texas, based entrepreneur. She founded and is the chief executive officer of Bumble, the popular dating app. She founded this company in December 2014 and it is now the second most popular dating app in America. Her company is now worth $1 billion making it a unicorn. She is now worth $230 million and has yet to hit age 30.

She was one of the co-founders of Tinder which is the other major dating app. She was the vice president of marketing as she had a natural talent for marketing products and service. After Whitney Wolfe Herd left this company she wasn’t really very interested in returning back into online dating apps and had come up with the idea of a social network just for women. She met Andrey Andreev who is a Russian billionaire and pitched him her idea on this. He loved her passion for this project but steered her back into the dating apps arena.

Whitney Wolfe Herd further developed this idea and came up with the concept of an app where only women could make the first move. Many women receive a lot of unwanted attention on other apps so this would make them feel safer using an online dating app. This idea was an instant hit and welcomed by millions of people. The CEO is now developing Bumble into further directions, such as Bumble BFF which allows women a way to make new friends. She also created Bumble Bizz which is a way for women to create a professional network in order to advance their careers.

Bumble’s headquarters is known as “The Hive”. It is located in Austin, Texas and is decorated with honeycomb-yellow. Whitney Wolfe Herd sponsors manicures at her company’s headquarters, a private room where moms can breastfeed their babies, and a Mommy Bar. 85% of Bumble’s 80+ employees are women. Work hours are kept flexible and people who have children are able to bring them into the office if they need to. They also get their therapy and/or gym memberships paid for as some the other additional perks for working for Bumble.